Analysis of Snipping

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



Snipping from the edges.
O, what joy!
What fun!

Shooting forth those arrows.
A daily chore for some.

Never knowing if you're winning.
Or how far you've come.

Just waiting on the edges,
Bathing in His love.


Scheme AXX XB XB AX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 111 11 101110 010111 10101110 11111 1101010 10011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 208
Words 48
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Written on June 13, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 13, 2023

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